Home Improvement Today?

Yeah. That's basically what I was thinking. I just figured I would double check here before I screwed anything up.

The mounting block that I'm trying to use doesn't require cutting into the siding.

 

The solar fan in my garage quit working a couple days ago. It was only putting out 1.6v at the fan. It's been hot so just before dark I hopped on the roof to see if a wire came loose in the recent winds. I guess three years of hot California sun is no good for 12 gauge speaker wire.



I have some marine grade 12 gauge I will replace it with until it enters the house.

 

My mailbox got blown up by lightning, so I had to put a new one in.



Today’s project.

 

I’m helping my son remodel his first house (main bathroom). Removed the one piece shower/tub, relocated a few walls, installed new plumbing for a stand alone tub and separate shower.
It astounds me that the use of 2x3 studs for walls and OSB as sub floor is a legal and accepted practice!

 

what is supporting the joists at the block wall ?

 

The block. It’s a middle house unit in a town house complex. The joists run unit to unit with a ‘fire cut’. None of the interior walls are load bearing.

 

I C

 

Hard to see but where's the toilet vent? Are you wet venting it off the lav?

 

The 4” PVC running vertically in this photo

 

I closed up my automatic pool cover on Monday because of the storm that was coming through, and yesterday, it wouldn't open. I could hear the motor running, and it would pull a little tension on the cover but wouldn't budge. Today, I pulled the service covers off and greased/oiled all the areas called out in the manual and tightened up the slip clutch, which got it working again. I think it has been sometime since the previous owners had it serviced because I pumped in a good bit of grease in before any squeezed out, and no old grease came out ahead of it. Of course, I had to run into town just after starting this morning because I finished off what was in my grease gun on the first fitting.

 

Sounds like you ran outta Ammo.

Next time you wanna grease somethin’, remember extra Ammo.

 

Haha. That grease gun is well travelled. The tube that was in it was probably around 5 years old if not older.

 

How did you made out with the mounting block?

 

The first block I ordered wasn't the right profile. The new one showed up over the weekend and is the right profile, but I had higher priority things to work on. Hopefully, I'll get it up this weekend.

 

Does anyone know the R-value of wadded-up paper towels slathered in caulking?

 

Negative 1?

 

No r value lol but could’ve definitely stopped some air infiltration

 

That’s not even the worst example I’ve seen of it here. I’m remodeling the last room on our property. the kitchen was the first. I saw 2” gap filled in with paper towels weld and caulksing to cover the gap behind the poorly fitted cabinets.

I was actually impressed with the care that was taken to smooth it out though. Could barely tell it was there until I pulled the cabinet.